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/ 12 September 2011
Another 49 306 jobs were lost in August, the fourth consecutive monthly decline, while only government created jobs, an employment index has shown.
SA’s labour legislation is correct, but the political leadership to implement it is lacking, says Anglo Gold Ashanti chairperson Tito Mboweni.
Some domestic workers from disadvantaged backgrounds are not aware of their legal rights and are vulnerable to bad labour practices, Fedusa says.
Companies are likely to respond to rising costs, such as steep wage demands and above-inflation wage settlements, by reducing their labour force.
Striking coal and gold miners will meet the Chamber of Mines in a bid to end strikes that have cost the country tens of millions of dollars.
Metrorail has said an illegal strike by its train drivers over the lack of security and high rate of abuse and harassment by commuters has ended.
Diversified resources group Exxaro is the next mining company set to face the wrath of organised labour, says Solidarity.
Saccawu has filed an appeal against the Competition Tribunal’s decision to allow Walmart to acquire a controlling stake in Massmart.
Young people in South Africa live in terrible socioeconomic conditions, the Congress of South African Trade Unions has said.
Business Unity SA says the commemoration of Youth Day on Thursday should remind South Africa of the challenges faced by the younger generation.
Mining company Exxaro has been granted a temporary interdict prohibiting workers from striking over restructuring plans at the company.
Solidarity has warned against an uncertain future in the construction industry, following the latest GDP data, which revealed no growth in the sector.
Almost one-in-four South Africans use social media as a tool to look for work, but are concerned about the potential career fallout from personal cont
Employment increased slightly in April, showing growth in high-skilled jobs, but declined in those requiring low skills, an employment index revealed.
The unemployment rate increased by 1% between the fourth quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011, Statistics SA said on Tuesday.
Swaziland’s trade unions have vowed to continue peaceful protest aimed at pressuring the government to step down.
The economy has started to show positive signs of recovery but it will take time to recover from the job losses of a recession, the Jacob Zuma says.
Employment grew at its highest level in two years in March, although many of the jobs created are temporary, according to figures released on Monday.
National government needs look no further than that province for an example of how it can be done.
The lack of conditions imposed on its entry into SA is worrying.
A war of words has broken out over the supply of television and film extras.
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/ 25 February 2011
A youth subsidy that would get people working at a fraction of the IDC’s costs will only start next year.
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/ 31 January 2011
Work, ideally, should be decent. Respectable work in a safe environment with adequate remuneration is a goal to which most people aspire.
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/ 28 January 2011
The ANC believes that the primary instrument against poverty and inequality is the creation of decent work.
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/ 19 November 2010
Telecommunications conglomerate ZTE Corporation has dismissed claims that it is using illegal Chinese immigrants to deliver a R2,9-billion contract.
President Jacob Zuma’s wife, MaNtuli, has solved a labour dispute with her domestic worker, Doris Ngobese.
The government is sitting on a ”time bomb” if it does not align education with skills needed by the economy to create jobs, the labour minister says.
High inflation, growing socioeconomic inequality and huge salary gaps are key factors in the rash of current and threatened strikes across the country
Drawing a parallel between labour brokers and human trafficking in the South African context is irresponsible, brokers said on Monday.
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/ 6 November 2008
In almost a third of all cases in South Africa’s labour tribunal system, the employer does not pitch up.
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/ 28 October 2008
Employment levels in the second and third quarter of 2008 remained stable at 13,7-million, Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday.
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/ 16 October 2008
The Labour Relations Act was drafted to recognise the labour rights of illegal immigrants as well, the Judicial Service Commission heard on Thursday.